Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

Jayesh Limaye, Aug 25, 2008 1644 hrs IST

This Intel P45-based motherboard boasts of enormous power saving with a great performance.

Supports 1600 MHz 45 nm Intel processors and PCIe 2.0, Excellent overclocking support, Power saving DES Advanced, Good components, CrossFireX multi-GPU support, Silent, eSATA/SATA brackets, Quad-Gigabit ports, 10 SATA ports.

CrossFireX mode works in x8 + x8 mode, Certain components come in the way of others, No additional brackets for additional ports.

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Gigabyte has been one of the popular motherboard manufacturers since the past few years and is currently one of the top three manufacturers worldwide (according to volumes). We had recently reviewed its top-of-the-line GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard and this has raised our expectations from this company, more than ever.

This time round we have yet another "Green" or energy efficient motherboard from them - the GA-EP45-DQ6 - based on Intel's spanking new midrange chipset - P45 Express.

Even though it is aimed somewhere between the midrange and high-end, this motherboard does pack in a punch with Gigabyte adding its own magic and enhancing the already superb P45 features. In our review today, we will see just how good this motherboard is and how well does it fare when compared to competing motherboard as well as it's more powerful sibling.

Bundle



IDE cable

Floppy cable

4 SATA cables

Two eSATA bracket with 2 eSATA ports and a 4-Pin Molex

Two eSATA cables

Two 4-Pin Molex to SATA power adapter cable

FireWire bracket with A and B type connectors
I/O Plate

Manual

Quick Installation Guide

Driver and Utilities Disc

A host of stickers to advertise the Gigabyte franchise


The bundle is pretty much complete. There are so many ports already on the rear panel that there is really no need of any extra brackets, except for FireWire and eSATA, which Gigabyte has promptly provided.



Gigabyte provides eSATA brackets with this motherboard instead of building such ports on the motherboard itself. There are some good things and some bad things about this. The good thing is that you can connect not just eSATA devices but even normal SATA devices to this bracket, thanks to the 4-Pin Molex power socket that is just right for the SATA power adapter cable that is also included along with the SATA cable in the bundle.

The bad thing is that internally you have to connect the SATA cables to the ports on the motherboard, thus you end up with less number of ports for internal SATA devices. That being said, this is a non-issue in case of this motherboard as Gigabyte gives you an unprecedented ten SATA ports to play around with as against the six they gave on the GA-EX38-DS4.

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